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Ning Yuan scratched his face, and said: "It's not very important, I'll tell you after you finish interrogating."

Shen Lie nodded slightly, walked towards Sarah and began to interrogate, "The first question, after you were raped 14 years ago, why didn't you seek a psychiatrist?"

Sarah wiped her face: "I thought I could beat myself."

"For 14 years, as you said, you have been suffering from PTSD, and you have never doubted your ability to overcome yourself?"

Sarah bit her lips, and said in a low voice, "I...I can't do it, I can't open my heart in front of the psychiatrist, it makes me extremely ashamed and self-blame."

Shen Lie stared at her: "Is it because you don't want to look for it, or do you not need to look for it at all?"

"Objection!" The defense lawyer began to object again, "Malicious speculation."

"Take it back." Shen Lie said calmly, and he walked back to his seat, picked up three stacks of documents from the table, handed one to the chief juror of the jury, one to Judge Donovan, and the other He held it in his hand, "Exhibit C, this is the photos and chat records found by the technical department from Rebecca's laptop—"

"Objection!" The black female lawyer stood up aggressively again, "The application for evidence is invalid!"

Ning Yuan looked furious: "Why does she object to everything! Pay it back endlessly!"

Judge Donovan obviously had the same idea as Ning Yuan. He took off his glasses with one hand, and gestured at Shen Lie and the female lawyer with the other hand, "Lawyers come forward."

Both Shen Lie and the female lawyer approached the judge's table, and the female lawyer hurriedly said: "The public prosecution did not hand over this evidence to me until 10 minutes before the trial. This does not comply with the regulations of the public prosecution, and it is not fair to the defense."

The judge looked at Shen Lie: "Is what the defense said true, prosecutor?"

Shen Lie didn't rush: "Your Excellency, the water pipes in the technical department have burst these two days, and the office is like a sea. They were in a hurry and didn't give me this new evidence until half an hour before the trial. I'll take it to make copies and sort it out. The trial is about to begin, so the evidence for the defense can only be given 10 minutes before the trial." He saw the judge's brows loosen a little, and he said tightly, "The obligation of the prosecution is to inform the defense of all the evidence. There is no violation of the regulations, just because of time constraints, I hope you can understand."

The female lawyer opened her mouth to say something, but the judge signaled her to stop, "The court judged that the evidence was presented in court, and the objection was invalid."

Shen Lie raised his eyebrows and snorted in response to the female lawyer's resentful glance.

Shen Lie picked up the stack of documents again, and raised his voice: "What the jury got was the pictures posted by Rebecca on adult pornographic websites, as well as her sex chat records with several adult men." He didn't Missing Sarah's pale face for a moment, "Second question, do you know that Rebecca is posting pornographic photos and flirting with grown men?"

Sarah trembled slightly: "I don't know."

"Well, I remind you, you've been sworn to tell the truth."

Sarah still said firmly: "I said I don't know."

"That's very interesting," Shen Lie smiled slightly, "As far as I know, you once found the man who was flirting with Rebecca, and threatened that if he got closer to Rebecca, you would cut off his penis. "

Sarah pursed her lips tightly and said nothing.

"Please tell the jury whether what I have said is true."

Just as Sarah was about to continue her denial, Judge Donovan said, "Ms. Blair, since you have taken oath, if you lie in this court and the prosecution can prove it, I will sentence you to contempt." court."

Sarah was silent for a few more seconds before admitting in a hoarse voice.

Shen Lie continued to ask: "You killed Rebecca, not because of post-traumatic stress disorder that made you unable to bear your daughter repeating your mistakes, but because you could not bear the things that you were afraid of, but were killed by your daughter. It's easy to do!"

"No..." Sarah retorted in a low voice, her voice was weak.

"You can't understand why your daughter suddenly becomes such a loose person. She is only 14 years old and has slept with at least eight men." Shen Lie suddenly approached her, "even more, this makes you Shame, isn't it?"

"She shouldn't be like this!" Sarah screamed as if she was stimulated, "She is just like her rapist father, she is sinful and low in her bones! She is only 14 years old, and she will be like this when she grows up." Being big is a nightmare!" She stood up suddenly from her seat, feeling very emotional, "She will hurt others like that person, it is fused in her bones and blood, and no one can erase it!" The judge just knocked After slamming the hammer and shouting for order, Sarah sat down calmly and smiled slightly, "I chose to bring her into this world, so naturally I should take her away. She will be clean only after she dies."

Shen Lie looked at her coldly, the desire to ask questions disappeared, he just signaled to the judge that there was no problem, and returned to his seat.

After the cross-examination is over, it's time for closing arguments.The female lawyer walked up to the jury and said emotionally: "Rebecca's death was an accident, a very tragic accident, but it should not be borne by Sarah. In the final analysis, Sarah is just a victim. She My life was destroyed that night 14 years ago and all that was left was a shell. After knowing the same thing happened to her daughter, she has been suffering from PTSD and can't take it anymore , can only use her own way to deal with this matter. It is true that this way is wrong, but the starting point is still a mother's love for her children. So I implore all jurors here to acquit my client. "

Ning Yuan snorted when he heard this: "You really know how to talk, it's not the time when her client went crazy just now."

Inexplicably, Shen Lie wanted to laugh, touched his nose and held back.When it was his turn, he also walked up to the jury and said, "Rebecca's death was not an accident, but her mother's deliberate doing it. The reason was only because of her moral problems. Imagine when your child gave you a headache because of some moral issue, would you kill her to end it? Would you strangle your child until she died? Shen Lie looked directly at the jury and said calmly, "Yes, Sarah brought Rebecca into this world, but she has no right to take her out of this world. If you acquit her this time, then There will be no law and order in this country, and it will be full of lynchings and ego." He slowed down again, but still said loudly, "There will always be someone responsible for the loss of an innocent life, and this person, It should be Sarah Blair."

When the judge and the jury were voting, Shen Lie and Ning Yuan were sitting outside the court. Seeing that there was no one around, Shen Lie asked softly: "You said that Sarah did suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder when you were in court. ?”

"Hmm." Ning Yuan rubbed his chin, "Her reaction matches her words and the symptoms she described, but it's definitely not as serious as they claimed. According to my judgment, she was just a few months after the rape happened. With that kind of handicap, it didn't even last six months."

Shen Lie nodded slightly.

Ning Yuan exhaled, "I was still nervous, but once Sarah lost control in court, I feel that the situation is very beneficial to us, right?"

Shen Lie also hummed, "If the jury hadn't been fooled by that set of mental illness bullshit."

The door of interrogation court No. [-] opened, and the court clerk poked his head out from the door: "You can come in now."

Five minutes after Shen Lie and Ning Yuan went in, Sarah and the female lawyer came in.The clerk took the envelope with the results from the chief juror to Judge Donovan, who opened it, looked at it, and asked the chief juror, "Has the jury reached a unanimous decision? "

"Yes, Your Honor."

"What is your decision?"

"We found the defendant -- guilty."

Standing behind Shen Lie, Ning Yuan watched his back change from tense to relaxed, and felt relaxed in an instant.On the other side, Sarah and the female lawyer obviously don't think so.

When the bailiff escorted Sarah past Eric, he finally saw Sarah's first glance since the trial, but that glance made Sarah tremble all over, and she couldn't help but say: "Eric ..." She reached out and grabbed Eric's right arm, but the latter took her hand that was holding her own arm, and cruelly opened her hands one by one, with a hoarse and cold voice: "You lied I'm 14 years."

Sarah was swept over by a great panic: "I am afraid! I am afraid that you will leave me. I am afraid that you will be disappointed in me because I have been unable to conceive. I am afraid that you will not want me!"

Eric's tone didn't fluctuate at all: "You lied to me for raising a rapist's child for 14 years, you lied to me to willingly take the blame for you, you made our marriage a fraud from the moment you got pregnant." He Turning around and walking out of the court, "I will prepare the divorce agreement."

"No—! Eric!"

Sarah's heart-piercing cry didn't make Eric hesitate even a bit.

Ning Yuan, who had witnessed the whole process, sighed and couldn't tell what it was like in his heart.

————The end of the first case [Family]———